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for the possibility of israel attacking iran? and sort of what's the u.s. thinking of what this country's response would be? >> you heard quotes from the defense secretary who did not deny those quotes in "the washington post." saying that he thought that israel would attack iran in the coming months. now, there are things that the iranians might be able to do to avoid that. but it is looking fairly likely that that could happen in the next six months. the israelis see a threat that we don't. we feel we have time. the israelis don't feel that they have that time. they're in that very bad neighborhood. they feel threatened by the nuclear program. and they don't want that to cross a red line where even if they tried to take it out, it wouldn't do it. gwen: are sanctions enough to make israel step back for a moment on this? >> not unless they see absolutely the iranians stopping that nuclear program. i think the u.s. is clearly trying to say let sanctions work. let sanction work and we'll push iran into a corner but until they see some real change you might se
for the possibility of israel attacking iran? and sort of what's the u.s. thinking of what this country's response would be? >> you heard quotes from the defense secretary who did not deny those quotes in "the washington post." saying that he thought that israel would attack iran in the coming months. now, there are things that the iranians might be able to do to avoid that. but it is looking fairly likely that that could happen in the next six months. the israelis see a threat...
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the 1967 borders, the borders between israel and the west bank and israel and gazza have been -- gwen: or the armistice lines as some call it. >> or the armistice lines if you want a different date to work off of have been the basis of negotiations since at least the clinton administration. everybody involved in this knows that. president obama wasn't saying israel has to go back to those borders, he said, you start with those borders and make adjustments to them. ok. that's been de facto u.s. policy. but no president had explicitly said it before as u.s. policy, as the starting point that was sort of written in gold and netanyahu didn't like that because he wanted to hang onto that as kind of a bargaining chip. even though it's a bargaining chip that he's given away with, that his predecessors have given away, he wants the right to take it back. he wasn't happy about that phrase. on the other side, obama had to sit there and listen to not one but several lectures about basic realities on the ground. you heard prime minister netanyahu say that. well with, realities on the ground is co
the 1967 borders, the borders between israel and the west bank and israel and gazza have been -- gwen: or the armistice lines as some call it. >> or the armistice lines if you want a different date to work off of have been the basis of negotiations since at least the clinton administration. everybody involved in this knows that. president obama wasn't saying israel has to go back to those borders, he said, you start with those borders and make adjustments to them. ok. that's been de facto...
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mubarak has been extremely valuable to us and lots and lots of ways, and has not been at war with israel. at the same time, he has been a pretty ruthless suppressor of any democratic instincts. it has been a tricky tight rope for the obama administration and previous administrations to walk. >> what kind of marks to you give the obama administration on this? >> there has been forced on this one. i have been to egypt may be half a dozen times and i've watched over a period of time young people really frustrated. they cannot get to work, they cannot get jobs anywhere, terminally unemployed. determine the st -- a tremendous gap between the haves and have-nots. more of a police state that any place i've been to in the middle east. because of on was not -- because of anwar sadat and the peace accords, the united states has been giving and giving the to to keep them where they are with israel, but in terms of economic development, nothing has happened there. >> it is not egypt alone. we have demonstrations in yemen, jordan, tunisia. >> the tension here is fundamentally two values, one of the c
mubarak has been extremely valuable to us and lots and lots of ways, and has not been at war with israel. at the same time, he has been a pretty ruthless suppressor of any democratic instincts. it has been a tricky tight rope for the obama administration and previous administrations to walk. >> what kind of marks to you give the obama administration on this? >> there has been forced on this one. i have been to egypt may be half a dozen times and i've watched over a period of time...
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by declaring. >> to wipe israel off the face. >> destroy israel, deny the holocaust. they stand arms theyed whether ter -- >> i know a lot of irans that don't believe that and as part of the government and say they don't believe that. >> in what. >> rose: they don't believe that they are not part of the holocaust denier. >> you said it publicly. >> not ahmadinejad. i'm saying other. that's one man who has said that about the holocaust that is not a whole collection of iranian leaders. >> but it's enough -- >> indeed t bad enough. >> and he is a member of the united nations and this is against the charter of the united nations. and nobody has mentioning to him. so if it's being accepted, it will ininvite more. >> two important questions. number one, you at the time of his death and i interviewe intervieweddities ago rabin about ten days before his assassination, ten days here in new york. and at the time of his death you two had become very, veries close, shared the nonel prize along with a ar rat. >> right. >> if that israeli assassin had not succeeded and not even ha
by declaring. >> to wipe israel off the face. >> destroy israel, deny the holocaust. they stand arms theyed whether ter -- >> i know a lot of irans that don't believe that and as part of the government and say they don't believe that. >> in what. >> rose: they don't believe that they are not part of the holocaust denier. >> you said it publicly. >> not ahmadinejad. i'm saying other. that's one man who has said that about the holocaust that is not a...
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he said, "i accept a palestinian state, as well as all of israel." mr. abbas, say these five words -- "i want a jewish state." he will not. there is no leader of the palestinians who will say or resig "-- who will say or ever say "i accept the jewish state." >> let's talk about paul ryan again. >> did you just cost republicans control of the house? >> i think we were elected in this last election to take a stand on fixing this countries fiscal problems. >> what about your political career? >> i don't care about that. >> rising star, potential presidential candidate. >> this is not the time to be concerned about political careers. >> is he getting a raw deal here? >> turnabout, because you go back and look at some of the things that paul ryan said about the health plan. he got to the point of demagoguery, too. >> is he throwing granny under the bus? >> no, he is not. you of commercials of someone going over the hill -- >> somebody had to go first. we can argue the policy -- >> no, i gave him credit for stepping up. >> mark? >> it is a political disaster.
he said, "i accept a palestinian state, as well as all of israel." mr. abbas, say these five words -- "i want a jewish state." he will not. there is no leader of the palestinians who will say or resig "-- who will say or ever say "i accept the jewish state." >> let's talk about paul ryan again. >> did you just cost republicans control of the house? >> i think we were elected in this last election to take a stand on fixing this countries...
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israel is a fundamental test. >> there is no test. there's no new ideas from israel. >> you can say all those thgs and test again and tt again because the alternative is israel becomes a permanent colonial power in the west bank that cannot be good. show me how this ends any other way, and how can that possibly be good for the long run health of a jewish demoacy. so that's all -- i'm not -- i lived in beirut for five years. i understand the neighborhood, okay. but let's keep testing. wake up every morning, how can we overcome this obstacle or that obstacle. >> charlie: if you had a magic wanted that could convince tanyahu that israel was secure and would be secure. its security was taken care of, would they then be prepared to make a deal along the lines suggested by the every president clinton, presidentbama. >> we don't know. >> charlie: even if their secure was determined -- >> there's a logical component here. >> he has two states and two peoples but his party s not and i think the question is still on the table from all netanyahu
israel is a fundamental test. >> there is no test. there's no new ideas from israel. >> you can say all those thgs and test again and tt again because the alternative is israel becomes a permanent colonial power in the west bank that cannot be good. show me how this ends any other way, and how can that possibly be good for the long run health of a jewish demoacy. so that's all -- i'm not -- i lived in beirut for five years. i understand the neighborhood, okay. but let's keep...
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support of israel. bombing countries like yemen and covering up. if there is a real threat we have to look at, it is the pullback that could because from our own actions and policies over the past decade. on the one hand, in waging wars against people who had nothing to do with 9/11. on the other hand, supporting dictators that were toppled in non-violent revolutions. those of the things that concern me. what is the message we send to the world and how will that impact us? what pullback will we experience? because 9/11 was a form of pullback that stems from various u.s. policies over the years, not just osama bin laden's fanaticism. tavis: do i take from your last comment that you believe that this will or will not turn the page in our dealings with afghanistan. >> well, you know i would hope that president obama will have the wisdom to see that this is an opportunity to say, that america has won some sort of a victory against osama bin laden and al qaeda and that it is time to start substantially withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan. we have s
support of israel. bombing countries like yemen and covering up. if there is a real threat we have to look at, it is the pullback that could because from our own actions and policies over the past decade. on the one hand, in waging wars against people who had nothing to do with 9/11. on the other hand, supporting dictators that were toppled in non-violent revolutions. those of the things that concern me. what is the message we send to the world and how will that impact us? what pullback will we...
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. >> but israel will not negotiate with a palestinian government backed by the palestinian version of al qaeda. that we will not do. >> it is very difficult for israelis to sit across the table and negotiate with a party that is denying your right to exist. gwen: and the supreme court presses not one but two hot buttons, on crime and immigration. covering the week, dan balz of "the washington post." major garrett of "national journal." helene cooper of "the new york times." and joan biskupic of "usa today." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875, we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. through the years from insurance to investment management from real estate to retirement solutions, we developed new ideas for the financial challenges ahead. this rock has ne
. >> but israel will not negotiate with a palestinian government backed by the palestinian version of al qaeda. that we will not do. >> it is very difficult for israelis to sit across the table and negotiate with a party that is denying your right to exist. gwen: and the supreme court presses not one but two hot buttons, on crime and immigration. covering the week, dan balz of "the washington post." major garrett of "national journal." helene cooper of "the...
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it will be very, very difficult, i think, for israel to defend against that. they may defend against the borders and the delineation of the country. but it would be my hope that long before that they in fact reach some agreement that the moment i have to say doesn't look very positive. >> are you saying that you think, are you endorsing that idea in a sense you think that-- fayyad will definitely it-- develop it from the ground up. >> i don't need to endorse the idea because he is doing it. >>ight. >> which think if i were in his position it is exactly what i would do. he is a person of great integrity. and a person who i think has the respect of the israelis as well. and i think the respect of world opinion. so i think he is the right person to do it. he may be less popular with some of the political figures in palestine but he is an outstanding -- >> you mean hamas. >> even within-- because it is a very politicized atmosphere and salemme is outside it. but i think personally that they are extremely fortunate to have him. and if you have interviewed him will
it will be very, very difficult, i think, for israel to defend against that. they may defend against the borders and the delineation of the country. but it would be my hope that long before that they in fact reach some agreement that the moment i have to say doesn't look very positive. >> are you saying that you think, are you endorsing that idea in a sense you think that-- fayyad will definitely it-- develop it from the ground up. >> i don't need to endorse the idea because he is...
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gwen: get ready for a rough six weeks and just this week the debate raged from israel to gun running to campaign infighting to medicare and then today after a week dominated by a debate over who pays what to the government, the romney is released their 2011 taxes. we love fridays because that's when news sneaks out. they earned nearly $14 million in investment income last year, paid nearly $2 million in taxes and gave just under a third of their income to charity. this is what the president told the crowd in cincinnati earlier this week. >> i want to reform the tax code so it's simple and fair. i've actually done my own taxes. i don't know about some of these other folks. gwen: so why the information now and what do these returns tell us? >> first of all it does tell us the tax code is complicated because the return that mitt romney released today is 379 pages. it showed us that he was very rich, but we knew that already. it told us he'd made a little less money than he'd disclosed earlier in the year. we know that he kept his tax rate down by only claiming part of his charitable ded
gwen: get ready for a rough six weeks and just this week the debate raged from israel to gun running to campaign infighting to medicare and then today after a week dominated by a debate over who pays what to the government, the romney is released their 2011 taxes. we love fridays because that's when news sneaks out. they earned nearly $14 million in investment income last year, paid nearly $2 million in taxes and gave just under a third of their income to charity. this is what the president...
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i'm quite certain that israel would (no audio) secretly. but to show israel that if diplomatic efforts and connection with iran in the next, i would say, six months to nine months fail, then an iran (no audio) would not agree to stop the enrichment and disassemble the nuclear site. then the administration would go for other options including the military strike. these red lines that the secretary of state, as we heard, refused to make secretly and publicly are the ones that would relax israel satisfied. as long as the administration intentionally is very vague on that and does not want to promise any sort of military action in the coming future, i think that we are going to see an ongoing tension increasingly between the two administrations. >> warner: what has the obama administration done up until now to try to keep israel on board, to have israel feel comfortable that it can wait before striking either on its own or, of course, wanting the u.s. to join? >> the obama a mrgs has done much more on the iranian issue than the bush administrat
i'm quite certain that israel would (no audio) secretly. but to show israel that if diplomatic efforts and connection with iran in the next, i would say, six months to nine months fail, then an iran (no audio) would not agree to stop the enrichment and disassemble the nuclear site. then the administration would go for other options including the military strike. these red lines that the secretary of state, as we heard, refused to make secretly and publicly are the ones that would relax israel...
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alan harry thinks oil prices could move up over $100 a barrel, if tensions escalate between iran and israel. >> susie: rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief this week to drought- stricken farmers in the midwest. but the respite is too little, too late for the nation's corn crop. diane eastabrook reports on the latest government efforts to help producers, and calm jittery world markets. >> reporter: with futures prices for corn still rocketing past $8 a bushel the government threw out a life line today to livestock producers. the department of agriculture said it will buy up to $170 million of pork, beef, lamb, chicken, and catfish for government food assistance programs. the idea is to help livestock producers struggling to pay for higher feed prices caused by the drought. at the same time it could also temporarily balance the nation's supply and demand for meat. meanwhile, the worst u.s. drought in half a century is sending alarms to trading partners across the globe. officials from france, mexico, and the u.s. will hold a conference call at the end of the month to decide i
alan harry thinks oil prices could move up over $100 a barrel, if tensions escalate between iran and israel. >> susie: rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief this week to drought- stricken farmers in the midwest. but the respite is too little, too late for the nation's corn crop. diane eastabrook reports on the latest government efforts to help producers, and calm jittery world markets. >> reporter: with futures prices for corn still rocketing past $8 a bushel the...
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everybody knows that israel can't go back to those lines. there need to be negotiated a just-- adjustment. he says he can't negotiate with hamas, everybody agrees. the only issue is about palestinian right of return and that is an issue, as president obama said, that needs to come in the second phase rather than the first phase. >> i think there's more hope there and more common ground than maybe the initial press commentary suggests. >> woodruff: jane harman, how do you see it? are things maybe not as bad as they seem? >> well, i basically agree with stephen. i would add that there is an urgency now. facts have changed on the ground. at this point there is a tsunami going on in the arab middle east. the arab spring is changing government everywhere. israel's relations with egypt are decidedly cooler, the same is true with turkey, they're frozen with iran, something we strongly agree with, our country strongly agrees with. and the youth bulge in arab families both inside israeli and around israeli-- israel is enormous. and israel will not be
everybody knows that israel can't go back to those lines. there need to be negotiated a just-- adjustment. he says he can't negotiate with hamas, everybody agrees. the only issue is about palestinian right of return and that is an issue, as president obama said, that needs to come in the second phase rather than the first phase. >> i think there's more hope there and more common ground than maybe the initial press commentary suggests. >> woodruff: jane harman, how do you see it? are...
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the iranian militant group has claimed responsibility for an unmanned drone that israel shot down last week. the leader says it was an iranian made drone. the security chief has been shot dead on his way to the u.s. embassy. eight gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire near his house. he had been involved in the investigation of the embassy attack last month. in pakistan, there has been more rally in support of a teenage girl activist that was shot and wounded on tuesday. today, she was airlifted to a specialist hospital. doctors say her condition has improved, but she is not yet out of danger. they were incensed by her outspoken campaign that girls should be educated. striking a chord in afghanistan where women have seen their prospects change dramatically in recent years. more than 3 million girls now get some education, that is a big rise from when they weren't allowed to go to school at all. many fear that trend could reverse itself after withdrawal of foreign troops. >> an old seen in a changing afghanistan. it is the time of the potato harvest. the children are working in the field t
the iranian militant group has claimed responsibility for an unmanned drone that israel shot down last week. the leader says it was an iranian made drone. the security chief has been shot dead on his way to the u.s. embassy. eight gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire near his house. he had been involved in the investigation of the embassy attack last month. in pakistan, there has been more rally in support of a teenage girl activist that was shot and wounded on tuesday. today, she was airlifted...
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>> governor romney has made it clear can't dictate to israel how israel protects itself from what it considers to be an existential threat. governor romney hassles said that he would be israel's strongest supporter in the region. he's worried about president obama's decision to create daylight between the united states and israel. >> woodruff: let me turn then to michelle flournoy. how do you respond for the campaign? >> the iran case is a great example of where the rhetoric would suggest huge differences between the president's position and governor romney's position. when you actually look at what romney called for, crippling sanctions, positioning our forces to be ready in the gulf and keeping the military option on the table, that's exactly what president obama has done. and exactly what his record will show. so it's a case of overdrawing the differences rhetorically but then actually not being able to say much about what would governor romney really do differently as commander in chief. >> woodruff: what about peter feaver's point that the decisions made a couple of years narrow
>> governor romney has made it clear can't dictate to israel how israel protects itself from what it considers to be an existential threat. governor romney hassles said that he would be israel's strongest supporter in the region. he's worried about president obama's decision to create daylight between the united states and israel. >> woodruff: let me turn then to michelle flournoy. how do you respond for the campaign? >> the iran case is a great example of where the rhetoric...
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particularly israel. >> i think israel is getting very nervous as this plant comes to completion. it has a reason to be. and of course their initial reaction in the sense is to think about military action. we don't want to see that, certainly, because we have been embroiled in two wars in the region. the country is weary of this. and that is not a direction we want to takement but the pressures of the election here and the pressures from israel may be very strong and create a new kind of dynamism. >> explain why the addition of more centrifuges. would that advance the timetable by which iran could, if they took the political decision, to produce a nuclear weapon from all of this, does it advance that timetable? >> it would eventually. in other words, as the stockpile grows up to 20% enriched uranium then they can rapidly upgrade it and the more centrifuges that they have for that upgrading process, the faster it goes. so we could be talking about a matter of months to get that done, getting the weapon grade material whereas now it might take let's say a year or something of that k
particularly israel. >> i think israel is getting very nervous as this plant comes to completion. it has a reason to be. and of course their initial reaction in the sense is to think about military action. we don't want to see that, certainly, because we have been embroiled in two wars in the region. the country is weary of this. and that is not a direction we want to takement but the pressures of the election here and the pressures from israel may be very strong and create a new kind of...
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. >> rose: how close is russia to israel? >> we're very close to israel and i think a trd of their population speaks russian. we have excellent bilateral relationships. we have our religious sites there in jerusalem. so the relationsh is extremely close. and we are trying to help israel and the palestinians to move towards peace in the region. >> rose: how do you think russia will vote in the general assembly if there's a palestinian statehood vote? >> i don't have instructions yet but i can tell you this resolution will get huge support in the general assembly. huge support. >> rose: is it wise for that vote to take place, in your judgment? >> if there is no... it's wise or not wise, probably this is not the issue. there is no progress. a stalemate of the kind we have now in the talks, inevitably it's going to happen. >> rose: it's now june 2011, the vote will take place in september 2011 if there's no talks. it will take place at the time that all the foreign ministers and heads of state come here? >> it's for the palestini
. >> rose: how close is russia to israel? >> we're very close to israel and i think a trd of their population speaks russian. we have excellent bilateral relationships. we have our religious sites there in jerusalem. so the relationsh is extremely close. and we are trying to help israel and the palestinians to move towards peace in the region. >> rose: how do you think russia will vote in the general assembly if there's a palestinian statehood vote? >> i don't have...
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president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on castro's cuba,'s ban dawned our friends in poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments. >> boo!. >> but he's eager to give russia's president putin the flexibility he desires after the election. under my administration our friends will see more loyalty, and mr. putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone. (cheers and applause) >> we will honor america's democratic ideals because a free world is a more peaceful world. this is the bipartisan foreign policy legacy of truman and reagan. and under my presidency we'll return to it once again. (cheers and applause) >> you might have asked yourself if these last years are really the america we want. >> no! >> the america that was won for us by the greatest generation. does the america we want borrow a trillion dollars from china? >> no! >> does it fail to find the jobs that are needed for 23 million people and for half the kids graduating from college? >> no! >> are those schools lagging behind the rest of the developed
president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on castro's cuba,'s ban dawned our friends in poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments. >> boo!. >> but he's eager to give russia's president putin the flexibility he desires after the election. under my administration our friends will see more loyalty, and mr. putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone. (cheers and applause) >> we will honor...
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i think that the turn of the turkish government directly away from israel and the willingness to break off diplomatic relations with the israelis, what the turks are doing is saying, look, we know where the economic growth is going to be, it's in the middle east, we want to play a leadership role. iraq is the most exciting investment story in this entire part of the world and the turks are betting positioned to take advantage of it than anybody else. >> rose: finally, you wrote a piece about lula, his legacy. >> i did. >> rose: which you basically argue his legacy is that he showed how the left can come to terms with sort of a free market economy and everybody else... everybody comes out better. >> yeah. >> rose: now, are there other lulas out there? >> i was just in indonesia. >> rose: right. >> and i was invited by the president and he was talking to me about what the jakarta model might be because on the one hand they love american democracy. liberal democracy. i mean truly american liberal democracy. they don't want so many political parties, they want more transparency, all that s
i think that the turn of the turkish government directly away from israel and the willingness to break off diplomatic relations with the israelis, what the turks are doing is saying, look, we know where the economic growth is going to be, it's in the middle east, we want to play a leadership role. iraq is the most exciting investment story in this entire part of the world and the turks are betting positioned to take advantage of it than anybody else. >> rose: finally, you wrote a piece...
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on drones, on pakistan, on getting out of afghanistan, in 2014, iranian sanctions, syria defending israel, even to some extent on libya. so i don't think this debate changes the dynamics a great deal, people aren't going to vote on foreign policy, but i think if governor romney hoped to build a little momentum which he appears to have had with tonight and in florida he certainly did not achieve that and i think we are ready for a turbulent 14 days but tonight goes to obama. >> rose: mark halperin. >> i think the president won on points. he demonstrated and brandished his experience as commander in chief, he was aggressive, all night he had more quips and one liners as a manner of theatrics will be played on tv, i disagree with al in the following way, governor romney executed a strategy, the idea his advisors came up with when he agreed with the president he should agree, if this debate affects the race and i don't think it will, but if it does, i think governor romney completed the trifecta in all three deablghts as a matter of similar bioticks he stood to the president toe photo and did
on drones, on pakistan, on getting out of afghanistan, in 2014, iranian sanctions, syria defending israel, even to some extent on libya. so i don't think this debate changes the dynamics a great deal, people aren't going to vote on foreign policy, but i think if governor romney hoped to build a little momentum which he appears to have had with tonight and in florida he certainly did not achieve that and i think we are ready for a turbulent 14 days but tonight goes to obama. >> rose: mark...
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we did a show in 2006 during irut, the israel-beirut war, israel lebanon war. so there are some shows with very little food. it's much more of a free form travel culturehow. >> rose: there was a case for the photographer too. you talk mnly about his work and his photography. >> so we moved away a long ago with the need to have food in every scene or even in every show. but i will certainly always look at my subject from the point of view as someone who spent three decades can...
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israel has threatened to bomb iran's nuclear facilities, and iran in turn promised to mine the strait of hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes. the navy invited 20 reporters to cover the military drill. one of them was our own dan sagalyn, who produced this report. u.s. navy sailors and defense contractors onboard the u.s.s. "ponce" in the persian gulf are up early, getting ready to practice protecting their ship and the sea lanes. video from the so-called scan eagle is fed back to the command vessel where sailors watch for boats with hostile intentions. >> the imagery analysts that we have here, that work the scan eagle, they know this area. so they have been doing this for at least two years looking at the iranians, so we can tell. >> suarez: the drone lands by flying towards a cable, snagging it with its wing. elsewhere, men haul out the newest tool in their arsenal-- the kingfish, an unmanned, underwater vehicle that uses sonar to locate mines below the surface. just last week, general mohammad ali jafari, the head of iran's revolutionary guards, said "this is
israel has threatened to bomb iran's nuclear facilities, and iran in turn promised to mine the strait of hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes. the navy invited 20 reporters to cover the military drill. one of them was our own dan sagalyn, who produced this report. u.s. navy sailors and defense contractors onboard the u.s.s. "ponce" in the persian gulf are up early, getting ready to practice protecting their ship and the sea lanes. video from the so-called scan...
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. >> so what do you make of all the buzz in israel? >> i think that it is, that it's part of the strategy that israel act like a mad dog at this point, to further scare -- >> to create more pressure. >> yeah, on the united states and on the iranians. but we are very, very tight with the israelis on,-- on this issue and on intelligence stuff in general. especially on these computer worms that we have in their system now. and so i think that i done think barack obama is very up set when bebe netanyahu says we have to do this. >> i agree. >> and the democrats at their convention. >> just core on ate, i think you look to bill clinton to give a tremendous stem winder and hopes he sticks to the prompter which is a maybe, maybe not. >> rose: maybe not. >> they are excited about elizabeth warren that is the one question mark. >> rose: is she going to win that race, do most people think. what do most people think. >> i have been hearing bad reports about her that she isn't that terrific a performer. >> rose: scott brown b even now. >> by the wa
. >> so what do you make of all the buzz in israel? >> i think that it is, that it's part of the strategy that israel act like a mad dog at this point, to further scare -- >> to create more pressure. >> yeah, on the united states and on the iranians. but we are very, very tight with the israelis on,-- on this issue and on intelligence stuff in general. especially on these computer worms that we have in their system now. and so i think that i done think barack obama is...
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i mean, after all, romney insulted israel, poland and u.k. all in one week or something. >> i don't think he's really in a position to jump all the way out there as far as foreign affairs is concerned and draw conclusions that we are weaker because of president obama. i think that we are stronger because of president obama. >> woodruff: but democratic state legislator darren soto who knows florida politics says the pressure will be on the president not only to prevail on foreign policy but to make a larger point about the economy. and to do it in a way that gets democrats out of their homes and into the voting booth. >> continuing to fight for us like he did in the second debate will be critical. so he's got to keep that moxie together. second, i think he needs to continue to articulate and even further detail economic plans going forward. that's what this election is about. it's about jobs. i think in the end we need to see that vision and that inspiring tone that the president has that almost no other american politician in the past 10 to 2
i mean, after all, romney insulted israel, poland and u.k. all in one week or something. >> i don't think he's really in a position to jump all the way out there as far as foreign affairs is concerned and draw conclusions that we are weaker because of president obama. i think that we are stronger because of president obama. >> woodruff: but democratic state legislator darren soto who knows florida politics says the pressure will be on the president not only to prevail on foreign...
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tried to add language in the platform about voice vote that would recognize jerusalem as capital of israel. you had to take the vote three times because the "nos" were almost as loud as the "yas." >> actually, the first time i knew we had a majority. the second time i was pretty sure, by the third time i was absolutely sure. that's what i oh, pined. you have 10 minutes to object. and nobody did. >> woodruff: but what was that all about? i mean the party has already been refugee criticism about taking that language out of the platform this year. >> i'll tea you what it was about. we have a president who expects the platform to reflect his values and his sentiments. and he made it clear that he wanted that language back in it it, and that's what whatwe did. >> ifill: it should be said we were sitting here at the time that vote was being taken and it was not a slam-dunk that the "nos" didn't outweigh the yeahs. >> under party rules, anyone can object and no objection was made in that 10-minute period of time. >> ifill: let me turn to the question for which we have some of you here for, and i
tried to add language in the platform about voice vote that would recognize jerusalem as capital of israel. you had to take the vote three times because the "nos" were almost as loud as the "yas." >> actually, the first time i knew we had a majority. the second time i was pretty sure, by the third time i was absolutely sure. that's what i oh, pined. you have 10 minutes to object. and nobody did. >> woodruff: but what was that all about? i mean the party has...
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in israel right now. it's a real conundrum. >> warner: the u.s., of course, harelationships with japan and china. is that a factor in all of this? >> well, i don't think the chinese want the u.s. to be a factor but the u.s. is the ally of japan. and the united states has policy for longstanding that despite the fact that these territories are disputed, japan administers them and will support the defense of those islands in a crisis. the u.s. is in the game. what's been interesting is in the last couple of days, as your lead-up showed, secretary panetta has gone to japan first, showed our important alliance strength and still managed to go to china and have what is on first notice a pretty solid visit, a constructive visit with the chinese. they make their points about japan but they're making very positive points about deepening and strengthening the u.s. military-to-military relationship, something both washington and beijing have agreed they needed to do. >> warner: where is this headed? it looks at the
in israel right now. it's a real conundrum. >> warner: the u.s., of course, harelationships with japan and china. is that a factor in all of this? >> well, i don't think the chinese want the u.s. to be a factor but the u.s. is the ally of japan. and the united states has policy for longstanding that despite the fact that these territories are disputed, japan administers them and will support the defense of those islands in a crisis. the u.s. is in the game. what's been interesting...
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of israel's prime minister over mitt romney anyway. [cheers and applause] president obama promised to work with russia, to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and sign an historic treaty that does just that. he promises to lock down materials around the world and he has done just that. he refused to accept the false choice between force without diplomacy and diplomacy without force. when a brutal dictator promised to hunt down and kill his own people like rats, president obama enlisted our allies, built the coalition, shared the burden, so that today without a single american casualty moammar gaddafi is gone and the people of libya are free. [cheers and applause] so on one side -- so on one side of this campaign we have a president who has made america lead like america again. and what is there on the other side? an extreme and expedient candidate who lacks the judgment and vision so vital to the oval offense, the most inexperienced foreign policy two-some to run for president and vice president in decades. it isn't fair to say that m
of israel's prime minister over mitt romney anyway. [cheers and applause] president obama promised to work with russia, to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and sign an historic treaty that does just that. he promises to lock down materials around the world and he has done just that. he refused to accept the false choice between force without diplomacy and diplomacy without force. when a brutal dictator promised to hunt down and kill his own people like rats, president obama enlisted our...
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. >> there's a big challenge for israel which will no longer be able to rest on its laurels so to speak as asserting itself as the only democracy in the region. this poses... this series of revolutions poses real challenge for israel to rethink a frozen domestic political situation. for turkey, of course iran is perhaps a little simpler, right? i mean the pressure will be on a huge push to... for change domestically. turkey? i think it's hard to tell. it's not quite so obvious that turkey will benefit as it thinks it will because egypt will reassert itself as the lead er in this part of the world. >> warner: unfortunately we have to leave it there at least for our on-air audience. thank you all three very much. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day. president obama rejected a republican proposal that would delay a possible government shutdown by a week. the chairman of the house budget committee unveiled a g.o.p. plan for cutting the budget by more than $6 trillion over ten years. congressman paul ryan told the newshour that the u.s. has to reimagine its social safety net t
. >> there's a big challenge for israel which will no longer be able to rest on its laurels so to speak as asserting itself as the only democracy in the region. this poses... this series of revolutions poses real challenge for israel to rethink a frozen domestic political situation. for turkey, of course iran is perhaps a little simpler, right? i mean the pressure will be on a huge push to... for change domestically. turkey? i think it's hard to tell. it's not quite so obvious that turkey...
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they couldn't be softer on israel than the president of the united states. basically they sensed that initial period in the early weeks, months of the obama administration. there has been no real progress on israeli-palestinian peace. i think zbigniew is correct that that has been a big problem for the united states. >> brown: but do you hear, mr. brzezinski, do you hear an alternative from the romney-ryan campaign? do you hear anybody talking about something that suggests kind of coherent policy? >> i'm afraid i have to say quite bluntly that so far the discussion of foreign policy has been a rather primitive level. i hope it will be much better in this debate. certainly the president knows the issues well. i hope the governor also knows those issues well. i hope they discuss them seriously but certainly not in terms of slogans about responsibility for this or for that but rather in terms of what is actually at work today in the middle east. we're facing an explosive situation throughout the entire region. those who are pushing the united states to plunge i
they couldn't be softer on israel than the president of the united states. basically they sensed that initial period in the early weeks, months of the obama administration. there has been no real progress on israeli-palestinian peace. i think zbigniew is correct that that has been a big problem for the united states. >> brown: but do you hear, mr. brzezinski, do you hear an alternative from the romney-ryan campaign? do you hear anybody talking about something that suggests kind of...
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afternoon, the coffins of three children and a rabbi were loaded to be taken away for burial in far off israel. their murders have shocked france. and sent europe's biggest jewish community reeling after the most deadly anti-smes tick attack france has seen in almost 30 years. jonathan sandler was age 30 and a teacher. his son gabriel was six. his daughter aria just three-and-a-half when they were shot with a colt .45 pistol. also among the dead, miriam, the eight-year-old daughter of the school's head master, and the police don't believe the mystery gunman has finished yet. this corner of southwest france is now under the country's highest state of terrorism alert which means that the authorities here believe that this cold-blooded killer, will strike again unless he's caught first. the school's camera filmed the killer yesterday. he was using the same weapon as in his previous two attacks. he wore his motorcycle helmet throughout and apparently made his get-away on the same scooter as last week though we understand it's been painted from black to white. president sarkozy has sent his interio
afternoon, the coffins of three children and a rabbi were loaded to be taken away for burial in far off israel. their murders have shocked france. and sent europe's biggest jewish community reeling after the most deadly anti-smes tick attack france has seen in almost 30 years. jonathan sandler was age 30 and a teacher. his son gabriel was six. his daughter aria just three-and-a-half when they were shot with a colt .45 pistol. also among the dead, miriam, the eight-year-old daughter of the...
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a new burst of violence has erupted along gaza's border with israel. fighters from hamas and a smaller militant group launched more than 70 rockets and mortar rounds at southern israel. two foreign workers were critically wounded. the israeli military answered with air strikes inside gaza that killed at least two palestinians. the israelis also warned they will launch a ground offensive, if the rocket fire does not stop. a late-season hurricane struck a blow at jamaica late today. it was expected to head on to cuba tonight. hurricane "sandy" brought heavy rain and strong winds to eastern jamaica, especially around the capital, kingston. the storm prompted airports to close and cruise ships to change course. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: the presidential race is not the only campaign working its way toward a photo finish this year. in competitive contests from east to west, the race for the senate has turned out to be tight, expensive and slippery. in arizona, democrat and former surgeon general richard carmona
a new burst of violence has erupted along gaza's border with israel. fighters from hamas and a smaller militant group launched more than 70 rockets and mortar rounds at southern israel. two foreign workers were critically wounded. the israeli military answered with air strikes inside gaza that killed at least two palestinians. the israelis also warned they will launch a ground offensive, if the rocket fire does not stop. a late-season hurricane struck a blow at jamaica late today. it was...
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decade that islam is under assault from the west in large part because of the iraq war, the afghan war, israel's war, lebanon, and gaza and a discourse of the western civilization, so there is that and an expression of that. but there is also the divide within each one of these countries, particularly it started in the countries where revolutions took place and libya, and tunesia, and yemen. there is a contestation for control, governments are still week. and so because islam is so... is still pervasive as a religion, and in fact islamic society tend to be the most religious in the world, it is easy for groups with political intent to rally the public behind them particularly extremists. >> brown: let me bring in lawrence pintak, how do you... that is a lot on the table, free speech, religion, power struggles that go back in time. what do you see when you look at events today and over the last week or so? >> there's all those things going on. but at the bottom line it is agit prop designed to provoke the hard line in the middle east and beyond that success fey does that because it's an excuse fo
decade that islam is under assault from the west in large part because of the iraq war, the afghan war, israel's war, lebanon, and gaza and a discourse of the western civilization, so there is that and an expression of that. but there is also the divide within each one of these countries, particularly it started in the countries where revolutions took place and libya, and tunesia, and yemen. there is a contestation for control, governments are still week. and so because islam is so... is still...
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more recently hezbollah and israel waged a five-week conflict in 2006. and then as now the movement was led by nazalah who addressed a rally of supporters today. >> today the lebanese have a good chance to unite under the condition of no winner, no loser. let us cooperate. >> warner: today's events were triggered two weeks ago when hezbollah pulled out of the government bringing it down. hariri had refused the group's demand to stop cooperating with the united nations' backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of his father, former prime minister. hezbollah denies any role in the killing but sealed draft indictments issued last week are reported to name some hezbollah members. in washington secretary of state hillary clinton expressed misgivings at the prospect of a hezbollah-led government. >> a hezbollah-controlled government would clearly have an impact on our bilateral relationship with lebanon. our bottom line remain as they always have been. first we believe that justice must be pursued and impunity for murder ended. we believe in lebano
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saying when we come not administration when they are worn in, they need more space with their ally israel. they see president obama in new york city the same day netanyahu is and instead of meeting with him goes on a daily talk show. they see when we say that these options are on the table, the secretary of defense walked them back. they are not changing their mind. that's what we have to do, is change their mind so they stop pursuing nuclear weapons. >> how do you do it-- you both saw benjamin netanyahu hold up that picture of a bomb with a red line and talking about the red line being in spring. so can you solve this, if the romney-ryan ticket is elected, can you solve this in two months before spring and avoid nuclear -- >> we can debate the time line, whether it's that sort of time or longer. i agree that it's probably longer. number two, it's all about -- >> you don't agree with that bomb and what the israelis -- >> we agree, i don't want to go into classified stuff. but we both agree that to do this peacefully you got to get them to change their minds. they're not changing their min
saying when we come not administration when they are worn in, they need more space with their ally israel. they see president obama in new york city the same day netanyahu is and instead of meeting with him goes on a daily talk show. they see when we say that these options are on the table, the secretary of defense walked them back. they are not changing their mind. that's what we have to do, is change their mind so they stop pursuing nuclear weapons. >> how do you do it-- you both saw...
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. >> the situation with iran in israel, if conflicts continue to arise between them, how is that going to affect our country and our relationship with the middle east? >> sreenivasan: expectations for immigration reform. >> i believe students or citizens or anybody in the community who has strifed to get a college education should have a bath way to become a legal citizen. >> sreenivasan: a number of students voice for their desire for more options at the voting booth. >> i think the tea party system isn't doing us much more good anymore. we need to open it up and allow space for other options. >> sreenivasan: despite their concerns, almost all the young voters interviewed said they were hopeful about the future. >> the hum... the human race is always trying to look for ways to understand each other. we are not in the worst situation that we've ever had before. the future should be better even if it's more difficult, it should be better. >> sreenivasan: others were more cautiously optimistic. >> i'm hopeful about the future but not in a traditional sense. i'm not hopeful in politicians
. >> the situation with iran in israel, if conflicts continue to arise between them, how is that going to affect our country and our relationship with the middle east? >> sreenivasan: expectations for immigration reform. >> i believe students or citizens or anybody in the community who has strifed to get a college education should have a bath way to become a legal citizen. >> sreenivasan: a number of students voice for their desire for more options at the voting booth....
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they know our friends and allies must be able to trust us, from israel to columbia, from poland to the philippines. our allies and friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined. and our foes, our foes can have no reason to doubt our resolve because peace really does come through strength. [cheering and applause] our military capability and our technological advantage will be safe in mitt romney's hands. we must work for an open, global economy and pursue free and fair trade to grow our exports and our influence abroad. if you are worried about the rise of china, just consider this: the united states has negotiated... the united states has ratified only three trade agreements in the last few years, and those were negotiated in the bush administration. china, china has signed 15 free trade agreements and it's in the progress of negotiating as many as 18 more. sadly, we are abandoning the field of free and fair trade, and it will come back the haunt us. [applause] we must not allow the chance too slip from our grasp. we are blessed with a gift of oil and gas
they know our friends and allies must be able to trust us, from israel to columbia, from poland to the philippines. our allies and friends have to know that we will be reliable and consistent and determined. and our foes, our foes can have no reason to doubt our resolve because peace really does come through strength. [cheering and applause] our military capability and our technological advantage will be safe in mitt romney's hands. we must work for an open, global economy and pursue free and...
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i think under the leadership of steve israel, our chairman, it's a 50/50 thing. it could could this way or that way by a few votes but we're not ceding one grain of safnld we're fighting every fight, precinct by -- mnchts ano ymano. >> not men, mano hand. >> my being illiterate. >> i'm italian -- [ laughter ] >> the democrats have been weakest on the house level and s- whites with high school and some college, middle class. you are a party that talked so much tonight and all week about the middle class. why are those people not voting democratic? >> some of them are not. some of them are not. what i think we have to do is talk about the path that president obama wants to take us down. the path that he was on before, before the obstructionist republicans took over and blocked him at every turn and people have to make a choice between going back to where the -- the poll at thiscies under -- policies under president president bush or going forward and this is on jobs and political reform and emphasis on reducing the deficit. you remember when president clinton left
i think under the leadership of steve israel, our chairman, it's a 50/50 thing. it could could this way or that way by a few votes but we're not ceding one grain of safnld we're fighting every fight, precinct by -- mnchts ano ymano. >> not men, mano hand. >> my being illiterate. >> i'm italian -- [ laughter ] >> the democrats have been weakest on the house level and s- whites with high school and some college, middle class. you are a party that talked so much tonight and...
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. >> israel, rished murdoch became almost the third rail of local politics. even though what he said, you know, was consistent with-- it was-- and not indefensible. there appeared to be a callous, almost disregard for the terrible experience of being raped, let alone a pregnancy coming out of that rape. >> you talk about the gender issue. it's always important to distinguish between married women and single women. >> that's right. >> married women were very strongly for republicans, single women very strongly for democrats. the sociological trend over the past 20 years is there are a lot more single people, men and women. so the numbers just get bigger as the country goes into what they call living solo. >> woodruff: and it calls to mind the strategy that obama very transparently employed, talking about planned parenthood, talking about the position of the republicans on-- not just on abortion but on contraception, and there was a lot of criticism-- has been a lot of criticism-- >> i've heard criticism from women, from democratic women, saying that all the co
. >> israel, rished murdoch became almost the third rail of local politics. even though what he said, you know, was consistent with-- it was-- and not indefensible. there appeared to be a callous, almost disregard for the terrible experience of being raped, let alone a pregnancy coming out of that rape. >> you talk about the gender issue. it's always important to distinguish between married women and single women. >> that's right. >> married women were very strongly for...